History Characters / AceAttorneyWitnessesAndOtherCharactersDaiGyakutenSaiban

* FauxAffablyEvil: Acts like your typical refined British lady most of the time. [[spoiler:She drops the act whwn she gets sufficiently angry, complete with yelling "SHUT UP!" at anyone who tries to interrupt her. She's also incredibly racist.]]

!!'''Benjamin Dovinboh'''

Two strange and out-of-place men that briefly appear to argue in front of the Garrideb household. [[spoiler:Both later appear in the sequel's second case, Mysterious Man A being the victim and Mysterious Man B being a witness. For tropes regarding the latter, see Decargo Mieterman below.]]

An irritable, large-chinned man who is called as a witness to the poisoning of the other tenant in the Garridebs' flat.

A sergeant of the Imperial Japanese Army who witnessed Watson's murder in the restaurant La Quantos. [[spoiler: He has a baby son, Kuroumaru, whom he carries around on his back. He has also been committing a string of thefts in La Quantos. Around the time of the murder, he steals Sonohigurashi's ''koban'', then hid it under his beef cutlet when the police arrive.]]

* EvilBrit: All these spoiler tags should make it pretty obvious. [[spoiler: This actually causes a lot of problems, as the Japanese government wants to avoid prosecuting her out of fear of hurting Japanese-British relations.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Acts like your typical refined British lady most of the time. [[spoiler: She drops the act whwn she gets sufficiently angry, complete with yelling "SHUT UP!" at anyone who tries to interrupt her. She's also incredibly racist.]]

A senior board officer on-board the SS Alaclair. Was in charge of monitoring and security in the first-class cabin. [[spoiler: When the murder occured, he helps Nikomina fabricate the crime scene and frames the stowaway Ryunosuke.]]

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: [[spoiler: Double subversion - the entirety of Case 2 is based on 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band', and those who did read it would know that Roylott is the killer - and then Roylott is revealed to be Nikomina. From that point, the details between SPEC and Case 2 begin to differ to the point of {{Deconstruction}} (in fact, the original solution is outright dismissed for reasons familiar to Holmes readers!)...'''except''' for who the killer is.]]

* {{Expy}}: He's basically Redd White in a top hat, he even has similar mannerisms. [[spoiler: Fittingly, he's also a BitchInSheepsClothing.]]

* UnclePennybags: Is a rich guy who hands out money like cheap candy to the poor, and is well-liked by most of London. [[spoiler: It's all a front.]]

* NotSoSmallRole: Only revealed after Case 3, but [[spoiler: Megundal bribed him into taking his bloodstained coat to Hutch's pawn shop. The coat happened to contain one of the discs with state secrets on it, which results in Megundal's accomplice needing to break into the pawn shop to get it back.]] Without this, Case 5 would never have occurred.

Soseki's cat. [[spoiler: After he leaves after Case 4, Iris starts to take care of her.]]

Garrideb's maid [[spoiler:who's actually his wife]]. She is selected by the courts to be the fifth juror in the Viridian Green assault trial. [[spoiler: Threw a knife at John Garrideb during their feud at the night of the incident, which flew out of the window and fell on the victim (who was in the process of picking up a burnt book which fell out of the window due to the same feud) blade first.]]

Two strange and out-of-place men that briefly appear to argue in front of the Garrideb household. [[spoiler: Both later appear in the sequel's second case, Mysterious Man A being the victim and Mysterious Man B being a witness. For tropes regarding the latter, see Decargo Mieterman below.]]

* OneShotCharacter: They appear a single time in the entire game. [[spoiler: They're more relevant in the sequel though.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: What their actual purpose was. Both are characters from the sequel's second case.]]

* InnocentBystander: [[spoiler: She had nothing to do with any of the characters. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.]]

* LightIsNotGood: Dons a gaudy white suit with a matching top hat, [[spoiler: but does nothing to hide how truly sinister he is.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: He breaks his cane on the witness stand, then he attempts to strangle Gregson with it.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: They may be self-proclaimed villains, [[spoiler: but they draw the line at national treason.]]

!!'''Benjamin Dovinbow'''

!!'''Gosshy'''

!!'''Gina Lestrade'''
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A pickpocket street kid who sneaked on-board the omnibus at the time of the murder. [[spoiler: She later ends up as the defendant of the fifth case.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartofGold: She's abrasive and stingy, but she's a good person who cares about other orphans like her.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Gunshot from the Downtown"
* PunnyName: It comes from Detective G. Lestrade from Holmes canon.
* StepfordSnarker: [[spoiler:She hides a lot of her issues behind an abrasive facade.]]
* StreetUrchin

* LanternJawOfJustice: Not quite heroic, but he has a ''massive'' chin.

* PunnyName: His name's a portmanteau of 'dekai' ('big') and 'ago' ('chin').

Two strange and out-of-place men that briefly appear to argue in front of the Garrideb household. [[spoiler: Both later appear in the sequel's second case, Mysterious Man A being the victim and Mysterious Man B being a witness. For tropes regarding the latter, see Decago Mieterman below.]]

!!'''Decago Mieterman'''

Two strange and out-of-place men that briefly appear to argue in front of the Garrideb household. [[spoiler: Both later appear in the sequel's second case, Mysterious Man A being the victim and Mysterious Man B being a witness. For tropes regarding the latter, see Decago Meterman below.]]

!!'''Decago Meterman'''

Two strange and out-of-place men that briefly appear to argue in front of the Garrideb household. [[spoiler: Both later appear in the sequel's second case, Mysterious Man A being the victim and Mysterious Man B being a witness.]]

* FreudianSlip: To say she's bad at playing along with Susato's "Ryutaro" disguise would be an understatement. She slips up and calls her by her real name constantly.

Two strange and out-of-place men that briefly appear to argue in front of the Garrideb household.

* OneShotCharacter: They appear a single time in the entire game.

!Debuted in ''Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Kakugo''

A transfer student from England who studied in Watson's laboratory in Yuumei. [[spoiler:She is the murderer of John Watson, killing him with a glass of tonic water poisoned with curare, and then staging the scene so that it would look like Ryunosuke shot him instead. She winds up the victim of a murder herself nine months later.]]

A transfer student from England who studied in Watson's laboratory in Yuumei. [[spoiler:She is the murderer of John Watson, killing him with a glass of tonic water poisoned with curare, and then staging the scene so that it would look like Ryunosuke shot him instead.]]

* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]
* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing]]
* [[spoiler:BigBad]]: [[spoiler:Ultimately he's this for ''Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken'', even in death.]]
* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins]]: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope For all of ten minutes.]]]]
* [[spoiler:CruelAndUnusualDeath]]: [[spoiler:[[MurderByCremation Getting locked inside a carriage and being burned alive]] definitely counts as this.]]

* [[spoiler:EvilLaugh]]: [[spoiler:The laugh he gives off when he wins the trial counts as this at that point in time, complete with EvilGloating, to boot!]]
* [[spoiler:HiddenAgendaVillain]]: [[spoiler:While the motive for the murder of Morta Milverton is clear, the reason why he was to leak government secrets remains unknown as of yet.]]
* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedKarma]]: [[spoiler:He is killed by Rubert Crogley, the son of the man he murdered, shortly after winning the case in which he was accused of the murder. And in the very same crime scene!]]
* [[spoiler:LoanShark]]: [[spoiler:What he actually is. It's implied that this is his motive for murdering Morta, though this is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] later on.]]

* [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter]]: [[spoiler:Remains an important character in the game even after his death.]]

* [[spoiler:VillainWithGoodPublicity]]
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: [[spoiler:When Ryunosuke begins to catch on to what he's actually doing, he blows up in anger and bangs the witness stand with his fist, while insulting Ryunosuke and Barok. He regains his composure when it turns out it's too late too change his verdict, leading to him applauding on the stand as the gallery reacts in confusion and anger.]]
* [[spoiler:TheKillerBecomesTheKilled]]: [[spoiler:Killer of Case 3, ends up being killed himself in the same case.]]

* FreudianSlip: To say she's bad at playing along with Susato's "Ryotaro" disguise would be an understatement. She slips up and calls her by her real name constantly.

A forensics student under Yuujin Mikotoba and Susato Mikotoba's close friend, who is put on trial for [[spoiler:Jezail Brett's murder]]. Was formerly under Dr. John Watson's department before the latter's death.

* [[spoiler:BigBad]]: [[spoiler:Ultimately he's this for Dai Gyakuten Saiban, even in death.]]

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!!Debuted in ''VisualNovel/DaiGyakutenSaibanNaruhodouRyuunosukeNoBouken''

A rich businessman, philanthropist and park owner. Defendant of the third case. [[spoiler:In reality, he's a loan shark and also the killer of 'Thrice-Fired' Morta, and later manipulated the crime scene, the Phoenix Wright Omnibus, during a smokescreen distraction he set up to frame Fairplay and Ladyfirst. He ends up being let go due to Ryunosuke discrediting the two witnesses as well as having a lack of real evidence, but is later killed himself when the omnibus is burned down with him locked inside it.]]